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Okay, this was the blind item we asked you about:

WHICH daughter of a high-powered politician should be more careful about telling people of her raging cocaine habit? The misguided girl wrote an e-mail to pals saying, “I did blow all night - it was wild!”

Among the commenters, several names emerged. One suggested Ashley Biden, who was previously arrested in Chicago; but the charge was obstructing a police officer, not a drug charge. Another raised Noelle Bush as a possibility, which drew a scoffing response: “Noelle Bush doing coke’s not news.”

Given that the item appeared in the New York Post, several suggested that the daughter in question probably has a New York connection. Chelsea Clinton was jokingly named (jokingly, since she’s probably too much of a goody-goody to do coke).

Georgina Bloomberg was another guess. Well, she does have a pierced tongue — and wears a $1,600 gown while riding a horse. That’s pretty nutty!

We got lots of emails on this too. We share the contents of them with you after the jump (because they’re too scandalous to put on the main page).

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From our friends at Page Six: MORE »

• The latest indignity to be visited upon disgraced blogger Ben Domenech: a put-down from the Washingtonienne. Jessica Cutler to Ben: “Eat it.” (Careful, Jessica — he might take you up on that.) [Jessica Cutler Online]
• It’s confirmed: Justice Scalia used an obscene gesture, but not that obscene gesture. [E&P]
• First we got Dick Cheney’s rider, followed by John Kerry’s. Now: Donald Rumsfeld’s? [The Satirical Political Report]

In yesterday’s guessing game, we asked you for guesses on two blind items: MORE »

This afternoon’s Pentagon briefing brought Maureen Dowd’s latest column to our attention (because, truth be told, we don’t read her religiously). We came across the passage that Donald Rumsfeld was questioned about: MORE »

* Reliable Source: Fox News will not stage a party after the Radio & Television Correspondents Association Dinner. . . White House to host small “social dinner” tomorrow night to celebrate Ben Franklin’s 300th birthday. [WP]
* Under the Dome: “Law & Order” plot line strikes the GOP the wrong way. . . Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) seek temporary memorial in the Capitol Rotunda for soldiers killed in Iraq. [The Hill]
* Page Six: New book claims that Laura Bush took “hormone adjustment” to conceive twins. . . Blind item asks, “Which political reporter attends so-called ‘circuit parties’ while flying high on ecstasy?” [NYP]
* Inside the Beltway: Ben Bradlee is visiting the South Pacific for The New Yorker. . . PETA wants Antonin Scalia to stop killing fish. [WT]
* Rush & Molloy: Giuliani hits the ground in Iowa. . . Photos of Pataki’s daughter downing tequila land on the Internet. [NYDN]

On Valentine’s Day, we asked you for stories of kissing prominent politicians and the like. Here’s an anecdote we received about one renowned womanizer, the late Strom Thurmond: MORE »

Earlier this week, we asked you for your guesses as to which senior Administration official gave her party guests a glimpse of her thong (which, a reader advises us, is commonly referred to as “a whale tail” — see photo at right to understand why). You gave us some pretty interesting responses, which we’ll now share in these pages.

Before doing so, however, here’s a caveat from a reader who views this as much ado about nothing: “No woman wears ‘full-bottom’ panties anymore. Tell your tipster to get with it.”

After the jump, your uneducated guesses and wild speculation as to the identity of the thong-sporting official.

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Past installments of our Senior Administration Official Guessing Game haven’t been huge hits around here. But you may feel differently about the latest edition. MORE »

Lately we’ve been blogging a fair amount about lobbyists. Based on the anemic feedback we’ve received from you in response to various requests for tips, it seems that you’re far more interested in thong-sporting Senate staffers than in lobbyists — to say nothing of thong-sporting lobbyists (or lobbyist-sporting thongs, such as the “I Heart Abramoff” one shown at left).

Oh well, we can’t blame you. It’s not like we’re here blogging about the fine points of President Bush’s budget plan! Another thong post is on the way.

After the jump, some funny links ‘n things about lobbyists.

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In today’s K Street Confidential column, an interesting analysis of how lobbying reform might unfold, Jeffrey H. Birnbaum quotes three unidentified lobbyists concerning what’s going on today in LobbyingLand: MORE »

An anonymous tipster reports to us today, “As much as I hate to shame him…Butterstick is into kink.” Whoo! One of us! One of us!

The tipster, who included the picture above, reports: “Spotted at the panda habitat this morning, playing with what appears to be a sex toy - I’ve seen these ‘toys’ sold in this size at the annual Leather/S&M Expo at the Washington Plaza Hotel.” Well, haven’t we all!

It is, of course, entirely possible that introducing this sort of object into his environment is a zoologically sound and sanctioned method to encourage the little guy to explore his primal urges. Or, it could be FONZ courting the Washington Blade — as of right now, the panda is the only lubricated stick in town that hasn’t rated a single column inch in their pages. Whatever the reason, we’re just glad the zoo is putting things in the Stick’s cage that doesn’t poison and kill him.

If anyone can corroborate this account, by all means, hit us up.— DCEIVER

UPDATE: It’s been pointed out that the toy in question is actually something called a “Kong“, a highly mainstream, perfectly natural and god-fearing pet toy. Nevertheless, we do have some photographic evidence that the Stick knows what to do with it, available after the jump:

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Yes, we saw this blind item in the NYDN yesterday:

Which square-jawed anchor — and not the one at CNN or Fox that you’rethinking of — surprised a spywitness recently when he was caught in a clinch with a handsome male companion?

And we had the same reaction, too: Why so mean to Daryn Kagan? Then we realized the Daily News was talking about a boy anchor, which takes all the fun out of it. How many anchors are there whose main identifying feature is a square jaw? Exactly one. Comparison shop at right, going from feline and pointy to lantern-like….Who else could it be? MORE »